Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Fern Palm

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Cycas revoluta

Key Differences

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Fern Palm is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Fern Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Cycadaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Cycas
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Cycas revoluta

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fern Palm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Fern Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Fern Palm

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

The Allen’s Common Mustached Bat (Pteronotus fuscus) is a species in the genus Pteronotus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.